To date, nearly 100,000 state pension underpayments have been located, worth around £5,900 each on average, the DWP said.
Sir Steve Webb and This is Money's Tanya Jefferies exposed the DWP scandal. Now, the DWP has identified over £570m in state pension underpaymentsAn investigation prompted by This is Money's Tanya Jefferies and former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has seen the Government track down more than half a billion pounds worth of state pension underpayments at its latest count.
For decades, swathes of people, many of whom are widows, were shortchanged, receiving lower sums in state pension payments than they were entitled to. 'With an estimated £1billion due to be paid, DWP is barely more than half way through the process, yet only has to the end of this year to meet its deadline.
Over the years, Tanya and Sir Steve have campaigned tirelessly to tell the stories of people affected. The role of Tanya and Sir Steve in bringing the scandal to the attention of authorities was made clear in the 2021 report.
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